WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
New Orleans Reading my local paper, The New Orleans Times-Picayune Advocate, I couldn’t help but read an article about a pollster in the north Louisiana city of Shreveport, despite my commitment these days to not read anything about polls or the polls themselves. I actually read it more than once, because I wasn’t …
Marble Falls There’s no question that President Biden’s announcement that he would not be a candidate in the coming election, his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, and her surge over the last two weeks has totally altered the US presidential campaign. The reaction from many sectors and large parts of the Democratic …
Nairobi I’m glad I’m not a handicapper trying to make the final call on the direction of US politics these days, because we’re almost in the tea leaves and astrology space in trying to sort out where we stand over the coming months. For all the headlines, doom casting, and hand wringing, the polls …